Once upon a time, My Peeps at work gave me a tiny keychain sock monkey for my birthday. With a twisted twist: they had tied his arms together and blindfolded him and left an honest-to-god ransom-style note propped on my office chair, complete with letters cut out from magazines(!), saying: “Have a happy birthday or the sock monkey gets it!” (I need to scan that, huh?)

Pee-Wee Herman speaks for himself. Literally. He has a pull-cord. I also have a tiny Chairy.

two sitting places the cats haven't stolen

One of the times we were broke, we found that red-checked chair at a yard sale for very little $$$. I try to ignore the kid-spit-up and just remember that it’s comfy and I can lounge with my legs thrown over the arms! The rocker came from one of the times I had $$–it was the second grown up sitting device I bought.

have to wrestle the cats for this one sometimes

recovered those kinda old chairs (maybe 90 years?) just in time to be adopted by Cosmo, who is a very long-haired, sheddy kind of kitty.

ah, my outdoor sanctuary under the pergola

the fountain bubbles… the birds go tweet-tweet-tweet, and the breeze moves the hanging walls…

The atelier, which is in a corner of a huge and messy garage.

Kind of cracks me up, using the word “atelier” to describe my workshop because from the Middle French origins, it means woodpile! Also, I expect an atelier to be light-filled with tall ceilings! We do have the tall ceilings!

(This writing thing is exactly why there is no time in the day. It ain’t my fault!)

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I prefer any place besides sitting upright. I have numerous back injuries and other athletic-related insults that give me grief, so sitting is always a pain, but especially upright! I slouch a lot, but I rarely let my Mom see me do that!
(Procrastination?! Yee-hah! Tho' today I set and met 3 goals: go to the pool, work on a particular mosaic design, and pretend to look for work. [Do I need to es-plain that it isn't really pretending, it's just that it's so dang empty out there!?])

Oh dear god, you would laugh and laugh. I wrote over 50K words while sitting on a toilet. Just sitting, not using it for its intended function. It is outside, in our tiny detached concrete shed that is also home to the washer & dryer and everything else that I dont want in the attic. Currently I sit on two very flattened pillows in front of the fireplace, because I’m (self-imposed) only allowed to smoke in the house if it goes up the chimney.

hey, what the heck time is it there? It’s just after 1 in the afternoon. At least we don’t have the dateline between us. Crossing the dateline always freaked me out and made me wonder about the smarts of humanity.

I have wondered what it would be like to need to type fast on an iPad.

heretherebespiders
“I’m an expatriate American living in Ireland. I’ve oodles of interests: some of them are art, cooking, gardening, politics, writing (well, duh) and driving my Harley. And, of course, my furry family.”

10000 hours to be
“I believe, investing 10,000 hours into something is more about the character attributes of commitment, perseverance, resilience, and focus.

Serenity Spell
“The Everglades: highlight the interconnectivity of ALL species, revealing the worthiness and oneness of the tiniest creature, the most ancient tree…to the most universal — and so celebrate the divinity of all life.”

Dreams Incognito
“Let us explore, together, how this movement Method works. How wriggling around can transform us into those whose dreams incognito become known, acknowledged, confessed, affirmed – and realized.”

NeoWatercolour
“NeoWatercolour is more off-beat than traditional watercolour approaches, and aims to capture the everyday, often mundane scenes of local life, in a vibrant, colourful and inspirational way.”

Reinventing the Event Horizon
“I’m writing a memoir about growing up in an organized crime family. This blog documents my encounters on the edge–both living in underdeveloped countries where luxuries are lacking and, at the same time, living with the challenges of bipolar disor

catself
Cat to Self: The Conversation. Don’t be fooled by the cats in the title: her writing is richly expressive and thoughtful.

Usyaka: Photos of the oriental cat
“oriental shorthairs are cats that love talking, taking part in all activities their humans do, touching things with their “hands”, looking in the eyes and being all weird, warm, emotional martian creatures.”

the world outside

SpaceWeather
just what it sounds like! plus notifications of close encounters with the Int’l Space Station and Northern- and Southern Lights!!

garden history girl
“When people hear I have a master’s degree in Garden History, their first response is often to laugh.”